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Toledo Tours Europe, Finds Strong International Relations
Aired July 01, 2001 - 14:07 ET
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ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: After leaving the United States, Mr. Toledo headed to Europe in a campaign to strengthen international relations before he is sworn in as Peru's president July 28th. As Mr. Toledo prepares for the job on the international stage, there are challenging issues back home waiting him.
Global Network reports.
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CLAUDIA REBAZA, GLOBAL NETWORK, CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It has been a long victory after election in just over a year, Alejandro Toledo's new elected president of Peru.
ALEJANDRO TOLEDO, PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT (through translator): I want to thank you for your trust, trust that even the diversity never disappears, I will never disappoint you. This night I swear, I will never disappoint you.
REBAZA: Toledo, a 55-year-old economist, has worked in this village. He worked as a shoe-shine boy, and earned a doctorate at Stanford University.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) teachers with the minority of Peruvians to create jobs and raise government spending on education and health care.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Toledo will be the president of the poor and the rich, he will be the president of all Peruvians.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): This is the best thing that could happen to this country, to have changes, after the problems we had.
REBAZA: Toledo says he is a rebel Indian with a cause. He led the position a year ago against former President Alberto Fujimori, who won the election marred by fraud.
TOLEDO (through translator): After a long and hard fight to rebuild democracy, democracy which was been rebuilt all of these months by the transition government led by President Valentine Paniga (ph). REBAZA: Former President Alan Garcia, who ruled from 1985 to 1990, admitted defeat in the runoff election. Garcia's government earned its place in the memories of many Peruvians as one of the worst governments of the country's history, yet he ran a strong race.
His priority was (UNINTELLIGIBLE) 40 percent of the vote and become the second force in Congress. Toledo's government will have to work through consensus with the party.
ALAN GARCIA, FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): Alejandro Toledo and his government will have all my support, contributing and rebuilding the social and economic and institutional situation.
REBAZA: Peruvians expect that Alejandro Toledo will be honest after ten years of political corruption.
The new government will have to repair the damage left by Fujimori's regime, after the former president and spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos spurred the worst political crises of the country. The new president will take charge in July after a position government led by interim president (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
Alejandro Toledo must give trust to foreign investment and help the 54 percent of Peruvians who live in poverty, in a country with an institutional crises and an economic recession.
For CNN WORLD REPORT, Claudia Rebaza, Lima
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